Hi, Firstly the dmesg command should allow you to see the boot time messages which might let you see the mount errors
Secondly mount and df seem to get confused when the fstab file doesn't tie up with reality Try: sudo vol_id -u /dev/hda1 which gives the UUID for your root filesystem device. If things are set up right it should return: a3de38df-11f4-4598-bb06-adc801711814 But if not your /etc/fstab file is messed up and you need to change the: UUID=a3de38df-11f4-4598-bb06-adc801711814 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 line to have UUID=[whatever vol_id returned] Alternativly change it to: /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 which is less Ubuntu-esque but more unixy and will work. chris --- Dominic Forrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Hi,I upgraded to Edgy a few days back and after a few "teething problems" thought I was OK - however I've just noticed that the root file system does not show up in df or [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ df -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted onvarrun 1014M 120K 1014M 1% /var/runvarlock 1014M 4.0K 1014M 1% /var/lockprocbususb 10M 156K 9.9M 2% /proc/bus/usbudev 10M 156K 9.9M 2% /devdevshm 1014M 0 1014M 0% /dev/shmlrm 1014M 18M 996M 2% /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/volatile/dev/hdb1 97G 97G 0 100% /mnt/backups/dev/hdb2 88G 66G 18G 80% /var/lib/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mountproc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/volatile type tmpfs (rw)/dev/hdb1 on /mnt/backups type ext3 (ro,errors=remount-ro)/dev/hdb2 on /var/lib/vmware type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ It is in /etc/fstab and the UUID from vol_id checks out with /etc/fstab. However if I look at /etc/mtab there is no entry for /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/fstab# /etc/fstab: static file system information.## <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0# /dev/hda1 -- converted during upgrade to edgyUUID=a3de38df-11f4-4598-bb06-adc801711814 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1# /dev/hdb1 -- converted during upgrade to edgyUUID=ade8e598-2183-4f31-a095-d9130a4950db /mnt/backups ext3 ro,defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1# /dev/hdb2 -- converted during upgrade to edgyUUID=2f3a65a1-88b1-44f2-b5c4-ce00173b406a /var/lib/vmware ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1# /dev/hda5 -- converted during upgrade to edgyUUID=72e6342f-3bc4-4350-9f09-b2fac1aac84d none swap sw 0 0/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0/dev/hdc /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/mtabproc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0/sys /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0varrun /var/run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755 0 0varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777 0 0procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0lrm /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0/dev/hdb1 /mnt/backups ext3 ro,errors=remount-ro 0 0/dev/hdb2 /var/lib/vmware ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd nfsd rw 0 0binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Running sudo mount -av gives me:mount: proc already mounted on /proc mount: UUID=ade8e598-2183-4f31-a095-d9130a4950db already mounted on /mnt/backups mount: UUID=2f3a65a1-88b1-44f2-b5c4-ce00173b406a already mounted on /var/lib/vmwareWatching the boot carefully I see what appears to be the mount help displayed as if mount has been run with an invalid argument but I am unable to find this in a log file anywhere to check.Probably unrelated but I am booting with the irqpoll option.Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this would be appreciated!I've also lodged with as a support request at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/2293Dom > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/